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gave up defensive play calling duties and they just stomped Brees into the ground. Now will that continue? Who knows, but it saved Dan Quinn's job for now. Now is McVays job in jeopardy? Nope, not even close, but this season is 1 loss away from being over...time to do something. We all know what the definition of insanity is.
If he wants to call plays then he should have stuck to being an OC. If he wants the big chair, then maybe he needs to give up play calling and focus on what a head coach does: Being the head of an entire organization. Not just the head of the offense.
That doesn't mean he can't have his say or input. But another set of eyes could not hurt. At least an outside consultant couldn't hurt. Look at what the Vikings are doing this year on offense and how they have improved over last year and they hired an offensive consultant. (Gary Kubiak fyi)
Giving up play calling duties isn't going to solve what ails the Rams offense.
This is McVay's scheme and he needs to fix it. He actually needs to make some major renovations to it that includes more variety and accounts for a bad OL and a somewhat limited QB. Three concepts need to be reworked: 1) His concept of the QB reading defenses from deep to short; 2) having the passing game so dependent on the running game, and 3) only having a zone blocking scheme.
The concept of the QB reading defenses from deep to short is a good starting place because that's only gonna work if you have a very good OL that allows the QB time or a great QB that is excellent at reading defenses quickly and then making sound decisions. His OL is awful and injured. And his QB is ok to good but he is not great yet at the reading the field and decision making aspects. So given both of those things, a short passing game would greatly help the QB. Get rid of the ball before the pressure has time to get there.
Secondly, having everything based on the running game and play action leaves you with no where to go if the OL and RBs are struggling. Why have and pay for the best WR core in the league if everything is going to be predicated on the running game? If the running game falters, it also means you're wasting those high priced and talented WRs.
And the ZB scheme with outside zone runs is great until you run into defensive geniuses and physical front sevens. When McVay and Kromer first arrived, they said that they were going to mix the ZB scheme with some power elements. I haven't seen that but they need it. Without more power, they have no counter for physical fronts like the 49ers, Pats, Bears, and Steelers.
McVay made the scheme, he needs to fix it. And since he got hired on the basis of his rep as an offensive guru, I doubt he's willing to hand over the entire offense to someone else.
However, I do agree that he needs to bring another set of eyes in to help in the play calling aspect. I think he should bring in a OC or consultant to help him make some scheme adjustments and also hand the play calling to that person.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/11/2019 09:30AM by dzrams.
